Crowded Hunting For Prized Coins Of Up To IDR 100 Million, Bandung City Government Reminds Not To Damage Parks

Bandung residents are looking for treasure coins scattered in Maluku Park, Bandung City, West Java, Thursday (9/1/2025). (ANTARA/Rubby Jovan)

BANDUNG - Bandung City Government (Pemkot), West Java asked the public not to damage city park facilities when participating in the search for coins was held by one of the applications because this activity caused damage in a number of city parks.

Head of the Housing and Settlement Areas (DPKP) of Bandung City, Rizki Kusrulyadi, said that creativity in this form of play should not be done in a way that can damage the environment.

"Indeed, creativity can be done, but it does not damage city parks. Moreover, the activity of looking for coins that are thrown carelessly can cause damage to plants and other park facilities," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, January 9.

He admitted that he had tried to contact the application developer to improve the game concept.

"We have conveyed to the application so that this concept is not carried out in city parks. After all, activities like this make people dig for plants, which eventually damage parks," he said.

Rizki conveyed the main loss in the form of damage to plants and park facilities. The garden guard team, including park security officers, continues to try to repair the damage that occurred.

According to him, preventive measures are prioritized by giving appeals to the public.

"We appeal to the public to better guard city parks. Games like this may be entertaining, but the impact is very detrimental. We also hope that application developers will immediately revise their game concepts," he said.

This treasure-finding application called Jagat provides gifts for its users where they can find coins and then exchange them for prizes worth IDR 300 thousand to IDR 100 million.